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‘Negros LGUs enthusiastic about joining MassKara’

‘Negros LGUs enthusiastic about joining MassKara’

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The MassKara Festival will be held in October,*Ronnie Baldonado photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said he is encouraging the Negros Occidental local government units (LGUs) to join the MassKara sa Panaad in support of Bacolod City’s annual festival in October.The participation of the LGUs in the MassKara Festival is part of the collaboration of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City, Lacson said on Wednesday, August 17.The Negros Occidental provincial government is staging a “MassKara sa Panaad” in support of Bacolod City’s festivities in October, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Friday, August  12.Local government booths will open to sell goods and activities will also be staged at the Panaad Park in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod, during the MassKara Festival, he ...
Mayor says son caught in drug bust will have to face consequences

Mayor says son caught in drug bust will have to face consequences

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The police filed charges against the son of a mayor and two others arrested with him for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 before the San Carlos City Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, August 18.Nestor Aburido Era Jr., 40, is facing charges for possession of drugs in Violation of Section 11 of RA 9165, P/Lt. Ruby Aurita, San Carlos City Police Station deputy chief, said.His mother, Calatrava Mayor Marilyn Era, said if he violated the law, he will have to face the consequences of his actions.Her son is of age and knows what is right and  wrong, she has not been remise in reminding him  to do what is right, the mayor said.“There is nothing I can do about that  anymore...this is sad for a parent to face,” she said, add...
BOC agents conduct 2 raids, seize P220M in imported sugar

BOC agents conduct 2 raids, seize P220M in imported sugar

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The seized imported sugar.*Rep. Emilio Yulo III (Neg. Occ., 5th District) said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) raids on warehouses in Pampanga and Bulacan suspected to be hoarding thousands of sacks of sugar on Thursday, August 18, were part of government’s drive to ensure sufficient supply for the country.Seized were 44,000 sacks of imported sugar estimated to cost P220 million in warehouses in Bulacan and Pampanga, the BOC reported.“What is important is government is taking active and aggressive steps to stabilize sugar supply,” said Yulo, who joined sugar leaders in a meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malacañang on Wednesday.Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez has already warned that the government will continue going after unscrupulous traders jacking up price...
Social pension for elderly passed on first reading

Social pension for elderly passed on first reading

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Councilor Celia Flor, author of the ordinance establishing a social pension fund for qualified senior citizens in Bacolod City.*SP photoBacolod City Councilor Celia Flor is proposing a social pension subsidy for senior citizens to augment their daily subsistence and medical needs.The proposed ordinance establishing a social pension fund for qualified senior citizens in the city of Bacolod and appropriating funds for it was passed on  first reading during the Sangguniang Panlungsod session Wednesday, August 17, with Flor as the main proponent of the measure.It was referred to the SP Committee on Social Services and Development.Flor said that the proposed measure will need  P100 million  for its implementation, adding that a public hearing on the proposal will ...
Benitez elected nominee for chairman of RDC 6

Benitez elected nominee for chairman of RDC 6

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Benitez (2nd from left) with the officials of Western Visayas on Thursday*Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Thursday, August 18, was unanimously elected nominee for chairman of the Regional Development Council of Western Visayas for appointment by the president.Benitez said he will push for the Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge that will interconnect the region and boost economic growth.He will also push for other big ticket infrastructure projects that will promote regional development, Benitez added.Benitez thanked the Western Visayas government and private sector members of the RDC 6 for his nomination.“Thank you for acknowledging my capacity, your vote of confidence inspires me to work harder for my LGU, Bacolod City, and for the rest of the...
San Carlos cops nab 3 in drug bust, including son of Calatrava mayor

San Carlos cops nab 3 in drug bust, including son of Calatrava mayor

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Three persons, including the son of a town mayor, were arrested in a police drug bust operation in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, a police official confirmed.Arrested was Nestor Aburido Era Jr., 40, of So. Lipat-on, Calatrava, Chito Carasaqui Atienza, 46, of Luzuriaga St., Brgy 6, San Carlos City, and Rosalia Er-Er Nemenzo, 60, of Brgy Suba, Calatrava, P/Lt. Ruby Aurita, San Carlos City Police Station deputy chief, said.She confirmed that Era is the son of Calatrava Mayor Marilyn Era.The mayor could not be reached for comment.The San Carlos police led by Lt. Col. Jesus Mesahon conducted buy-bust operation against Atienza and arrested him after he sold one heat sealed transparent plastic sachet of suspected shabu to a police poseur buy...
Marcos to reorganize SRA, meets with Negros leaders

Marcos to reorganize SRA, meets with Negros leaders

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with political and sugar leaders in Malacañang on Wednesday*President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday, August 17, that he would reorganize the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) this week as he seeks ways to address issues plaguing the sugar industry.“We’ll reorganize the SRA and then we will come to an arrangement with the industrial consumers, with the planters, the millers, suppliers of the sugar to coordinate so whatever (sugar) is available is released to the market,” Marcos said in an interview in Manila.Marcos met with political and sugar leaders, including those from Negros Occidental, to discuss the state of the sugar industry in at Malacañang 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday.“We had a very productive two hour meeting with t...
Series of brownouts tackled at hearing, Ceneco power rates up again in August

Series of brownouts tackled at hearing, Ceneco power rates up again in August

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Power Watch convenor Wennie Sancho questions CENECO on refunds due consumers at the hearing.*At the beginning of the Sangguniang Panlungsod  hearing on Thursday, August 18, that was set to discuss Central Negros Electric Cooperative’s financial status and refund to consumers, Bacolod City Councilor Kalaw Puentevella asked the management to explain the series of brownouts and  its one bill policy.Puentevella chairs the Sangguniang Panlungsod committee on energy.Engineer Jose Taniongon, manager of the CENECO-Unified Engineering and Operation Maintenance Department, explained that the outages were caused after the insulator of one of their 69kV lines broke down. He added that they do not want power interruptions because their families are also affected.Councilor...
Man celebrating birthday killed in Bacolod mishap

Man celebrating birthday killed in Bacolod mishap

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The victim at the scene of the accident in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City.*Tito Leo J photoA man who was celebrating his birthday died after he figured in an accident at Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City, Tuesday, August 16.Killed was Jundie Doroteo, 28, of Sagay City, Negros Occidental.The victim, on board a motorcycle along with his companion, was on his way home from a drinking session when they rear-ended a truck after it halted due to a traffic stop, police said.The victim died on the spot due to a head injury from the crash, while his companion suffered injuries.The driver of the truck was temporarily detained.*
Prov’l lab staff to be trained for monkeypox RT-PCR tests

Prov’l lab staff to be trained for monkeypox RT-PCR tests

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The Provincial Infectious Disease Action and Control Council meeting on Wednesday.*The staff of the Negros Occidental molecular laboratory at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City will be trained on how to conduct Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for monkeypox, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, August 18.This was decided during the Provincial Infectious Disease Action and Control Council (PIDACC) meeting  presided by  Governor  Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Capitol in Bacolod City on  Wednesday, he said.The Department of Health (DOH) detected the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country in July Monkeypox virus is transmitted from one person to another by close contact with...
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